Duluth's newly-minted poet laureate, Ellie Schoenfeld, reads from her work and talks poetry, pretension, community ... and the value of following an idea to see where it leads, without attaching to an outcome.

This summer, we're bringing you books about the Northland, from the Northland and by Northland authors. The Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards (NEMBA) were established in 1988 to recognize books that "substantially represent northeastern Minnesota in the areas of history, culture, heritage, or lifestyle."

This summer, we're bringing you books about the Northland, from the Northland and by Northland authors. The Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards (NEMBA) were established in 1988 to recognize books that "substantially represent northeastern Minnesota in the areas of history, culture, heritage, or lifestyle." Our guest is Tera Freese. Her book of poetry, Remind Me That I'm Wild [The Master Key Press], with illustrations by Lindy Kehoe, was nominated for a NEMBA award in the Children's Literature category.

For Brian Laidlaw, Bob Dylan wasn't just a role model, he was the role model for the aspiring poet/musician.

In this, his first book of poetry, Laidlaw envisions Bob Dylan as a stunt man, taking the risks that, perhaps, Robert Zimmerman would have been unable to take. The result is, according to the author, "A loud book by a quiet person."

We visit with Jim Perlman of Holy Cow Press, one of the editors of a new poetry collection titled, Amethyst and Agate: Poems of Lake Superior, published by Holy Cow Press. The book contains over 70 poems submitted by authors from around the region and from around the world, such as Heid E. Erdrich, Kimberly Blaeser, James Armstrong, and Sara Thomsen, et al. who live near and/or have been inspired by Lake Superior.

It was just like everyday silver or everyday dishes; it wasn't something special you hauled out for company.

That's what Peggy Trojan saw growing up and writes about, in this moving chapbook of poetry about her parents and their "everyday love."

Peggy Trojan's chapbook of poetry, "Everyday Love," was nominated for the Northeastern Minnesota Book Award (NEMBA) in Poetry and is self-published. All this summer, we'll be bringing you books about the Northland, from the Northland by NEMBA award-winners and nominees.

Poet Lynette Reini-Grandell won the 2014 Northeastern Minnesota Book Award (NEMBA) for poetry earlier this month. She joins us to read some selections from her first collection, "Approaching the Gate," and to talk about the benefits of the unqualifiable in schools.